As they drove home, Lucy turned to Natsu and asked, "Which song will we be doing?" "How about I See the Light, from Tangled? It's kind of us and it's already split into parts that would work well." Natsu said with a grin, keeping an eye on the road. "That's perfect!" Lucy said as she looked up the song on her phone, plugging it into the car before playing it. After a few times through they felt that was enough singing for one day and they stopped to get some food.
"You know I thought I would be more nervous about it filming live since that means we can't really mess up or anything, but it was just like it was the judges there, so it was easier than when we were doing the talent show." Lucy said as she bit into her burger. Natsu mumbled his agreement around his food, swallowed and was about to say something when a screech was heard. "OMG, its Natsu and Lucy from Fiore's Voice!" Natsu and Lucy shared a look, they hadn't thought they would be getting fans that fast, let alone be recognized in such a way.
Soon they were overwhelmed with people asking for signatures and pictures, a few even had Lucy's book with them and asked her to sign it. They both smiled and agreed, not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings. A few of the fans had asked what song they were going to sing, even making a couple of suggestions, but Natsu said they already had a song picked and that they would have to wait until next week to see it. By the time they were done, their food was cold, but the manager brought them out a new meal a piece, for she had seen how nice they had been to the fans that had interrupted their meal.
By now their phones were blowing up with congratulations from their friends, all of which promised to be there on the night they won. Lucy chuckled and while she was thankful for her friends support and she had no doubt Natsu could have won if he were on his own, she kind of doubted if she was better than the other singers. It might have helped if she had actually listened to them… Oh well. Actually she could, she had set her DVR to record the event.
From the restaurant it was a short drive to their family houses, Natsu dropping Lucy at her door. As she was about to climb out, she said "Do you want to come inside and watch Fiore's Voice with me? I set it to record. I was so nervous I didn't hear the others sing and I'm kind of curious what they sounded like." Natsu gave his signature grin and said "Sure, let me take my car home and then I'll be right over." So Lucy went and got the program ready, finishing just as Natsu entered the living room. Mavis and her sister Zera were with him, the first of which said "I'm so glad you recorded it, I was busy with my Lamaze class and I forgot to set it to record."
Zera held up a bag of popcorn and another of pretzels as she said "I brought snacks!" "Zeref should be here in a minute, Igneel and Grandeeney too. Ronnie was just waking up from his nap." Mavis said as she settled down. It turned out that time when Natsu had asked Lucy to be his girlfriend and Grandeeney had been feeling sick, she was actually pregnant. Little Ronnie was a surprise, but a welcome one. Well really he was Ronald, but everyone called him Ronnie. Zeref, Natsu and Wendy had been so happy about having another sibling, this one the perfect combination of Igneel and Grandeeney.
Soon the rest of the Dragneel clan that was home and Jude were all settled in to join Natsu and Lucy in watching the show. Everyone, when finding out Natsu and Lucy were last, wanted to skip to the end but Lucy explained the reason they were watching it was because they had been so nervous they hadn't paid attention to the other singers. "Besides, we sang the same song as the talent show and we only changed it a little." Lucy finished explaining. So they all sat quietly through the performances, though a round of applause did break out at the end of their song.
Once the others heard who was eliminated, Zeref said "Now I don't mean this in a mean way, but they definitely got rid of the right group with this round." "I agree." said Grandeeney as she put Ronnie down on the floor, watching him run to his older brother Natsu, who was sitting on the floor with Lucy in his arms, "Aceto and Velveno sang well, but they lacked that sparkle or special something that all the other groups had." "Nat, Nat!" Ronnie said, begging for his older brother's attention, which Lucy helped him get by picking him up and holding him so that he could stand face to face with him.
"Hey buddy." Natsu said, tickling his brother's sides lightly and earning a round of laughter from the young boy. Mavis chuckled and she said "It will be fun for Ronnie having a nephew or niece not much younger than him, at least I hope he will find it so." She looked slyly over at Natsu and Lucy and said "Who knows, by next year they might have another playmate." Lucy and Natsu blushed heavily, both of them knowing what Mavis was saying, earning laughs from all of their family and soon to be family. Even little Ronnie, who wasn't sure why they were laughing, joined in.
Lucy sighed and said, "Getting back to the competition, the others are going to be tough to beat, but I know that Natsu will knock them dead." As the others nodded their agreements and started smaller conversations amongst themselves, Lucy felt Natsu's frown against her hair. "Drat, he noticed I didn't add myself to that list." Lucy thought to herself. Wiggling free of Natsu's grip and lap, she set Ronnie down in her place and said, "Be right back."
Natsu wasn't going to let her get away with it that easy, he got Ronnie interested in his daddy and grandpa, than he followed his fiancé to her hiding place in the kitchen. Seeing her taking a long time to wash her hands in the sink, probably hoping he would just leave or something, he walked up and wrapped his arms around her as he said "You know I caught that, is that why you ran?" Lucy turned in his light grip and said with a frown on her face, "I didn't run." "So why didn't you include yourself Luce?" he asked, not going to let her get away with what she knew was his true question.
Lucy started playing with the dragon flash drive around his neck, something he knew she did when she was having trouble talking about her feelings or at least was worried what others would think. "Luce, it's me, you can tell me anything." he whispered in her ear, earning a sigh from him before she said "Okay, well even back when we were in the talent show together I was worried about holding you back and that was before you got voice lessons, etc. This show is supposed to help jump start your career and I'm worried about holding you back."
Natsu pulled her into a hug, saying "You're not holding me back Luce, your voice is amazing, in fact I've been wanting to ask you if you would consider singing with me, at least with a couple of songs if not all of them. I know you have your writing to do and your astronomy club meetings, but it would be such a blast to always have you by my side. I mean I know you said you would travel with me if I went on tour or something, but wouldn't it be fun to always be singing on stage together? I know this isn't your dream and I don't want to push it on you, but will you think about it?"
Lucy pulled back from the hug slightly, just enough so she could see his face, and asked "You think my voice is amazing?" Natsu chuckle and said, "That's all you want to talk about out of all of that? Yes, I love listening to you when you're singing solo, sometimes I have to catch myself before I forget to join in. And when we sing together, it's like our voices were destined to join together, we meld together so well." "You want to become a singing duo with me?" she asked another question, earning another chuckle from Natsu.
He kissed her lightly on the forehead and said "Yes, sweetheart." Lucy smiled at him and said "I think I could live with that. I do like singing and I can always write my book anywhere. I might miss a few astronomy meetings with this clubs, but there are other clubs out there that have open meetings and I can always go to them or we could camp out in some park and watch the stars from a tent or a beach." Natsu smiled brightly at her, kissing her again only this time, on the lips. "Ewww, PDA." Zera said with a teasing tone as she came in to toss the empty popcorn bag, "So this is where you two ran off to."
Lucy and Natsu blushed, but Natsu said "Yeah, we were just discussing making Lucy singing with me something a little more permanent." Zera's eyes lit up and she leaned across the island, her elbows resting gently on it, as she said "Oooh do tell." "Natsu wants me to form a duo with him and I said I would." Lucy said, grinning at the girl's facial expressions. "That's awesome and Natsu is wise to ask you to do so, you guys sound amazing together." Zera said, before exiting the room, though she would leave the couple's news for them to share.
Just than Natsu's phone rang and he looked at the caller id. "It's Dan." He told Lucy before answering, "Hey Dan, what's up?" "Do you have me on speaker phone? If not and Lucy is there, can you?" "Yeah, hold on." Natsu pulled the phone away from his ear and said "Okay you're on speaker phone, so what is it?" "Toma decided to add to the fairy tale element he will be hosting the Disney song night at the castle here in Crocus, but he also wants everyone to dress in costume, it doesn't have to be the character singing the song or even from the same movie, but it has to be a Disney character, preferably an animated character, but doesn't have to be." "Okay, thanks for letting us know Dan." Lucy said.
"Not a problem. So even though you guys are contestants, you'll have to go through the normal type of security, so try to arrive a couple of hours early, okay?" "Okay, we will Dan, thanks." Natsu answered, than Dan and them shared their farewells. After hanging up, Lucy said "So I'm totally fine with dressing as our characters, but you tell me if you're not." Natsu grinned and said "I think it would totally add to the mood, let's do it!"
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The day for the next filming arrived and all the contests arrived super early, both to get through security and to have time to get into costume. Natsu and Lucy weren't the only Prince and Princess, Mira and Laxus were dressed as Belle and Beast, though no face mask for Laxus so it wouldn't interfere with his singing. Jenny and Hibiki were dresses as Jessie and Woody, Erik and Kinana were both dressed as Kaa and Bisca and Alzack were dressed as Kala and Kerchak. The show was starting, for they heard Jason start his announcement spiel.
"Welcome back to Fiore's Voice! Last week we said goodbye to Aceto and Velveno, but there are still five talented duos waiting for their chance to hopefully move onto the next round. This week we have their names in this hat and I will put it out of it, so no one knows what order we'll be going in! Than we will take a moment to prepare the stage, which means commercial breaks for those of you at home and bathroom breaks for those of you lucky enough to be here in Fiore's Castle! So cool!"
Jason paused for a moment to shuffle the names in the hat, then walked over to Ultear and said "You get first pick, reach on in and grab one, than read off the names on it!" Ultear reached in, shuffled them around a bit more herself, than pulled one out. "Mira and Laxus will be going first." "You heard it folks! Now we'll take that short break I mentioned and be back for you guys to hear them sing their song choice!" As soon as the off air light came on, the crew worked quickly to set up decorations and get Mira and Laxus's music and backdrop ready. All groups had told what song they were singing, and the backgrounds were chose accordingly.
The light started flashing and everyone scurried off the stage, except Mira and Laxus, who waited with lights off of them. Than Jason's voice could be heard saying "Welcome back, here is Mira and Laxus!" The duo broke out into Beauty and the Beast, singing it all the way through together. When they were done, the room went wild, before calming down so the judges could speak with them. As Mira and Laxus made their way off stage, Jason went over to Toma and said "Your turn, your majesty." Toma reached right in and pulled out a slip of paper. "Jenny and Hibiki." "Okay everyone, stay tuned to see Jenny and Hibiki sing!"
The same process for Mira and Laxus was repeated for them, with the added step of taking down Mira and Laxus' decorations. Than Jenny and Hibiki waited in the dark for their turn to sing, while Jason came in and announced them, followed by the music for You've Got a Friend In Me starting up. Soon it was over for them and after the round of applause for them and their talk, Jason had Yajima pick the next duo, "Natsu and Lucy." The pair smiled at each other before watching for their cue to come out on stage. Before long, they were motioned to come to their spot, seats set behind a boat side prop.
"Here they are folks, Lucy and Natsu!" Jason announced, before their music started up. Lucy smiled at Natsu, before looking out at the crowd and starting her solo, "All those days watching from the windows. All those years outside looking in. All that time never even knowing just how blind I've been. Now I'm here blinking in the starlight. Now I'm here suddenly I see, standing here it's all so clear, I'm where I'm meant to be. And at last I see the light. And it's like the fog has lifted. And at last I see the light. And it's like the sky is new. And it's warm and real and bright and the world has somehow shifted. All at once everything looks different, now that I see you."
Natsu than smiled at Lucy, before looking out at the audience and singing, "All those days chasing down a daydream. All those years living in a blur. All that time never truly seeing things, the way they were. Now she's here shining in the starlight. Now she's here suddenly I know. If she's here it's crystal clear I'm where I'm meant to go." Natsu and Lucy looked at each other as they both sang, "And at last I see the light." Natsu sang, "And it's like the fog is lifted."
Than the once again both sang, "And at last I see the light." followed by Lucy singing, "And it's like the sky is new." Than they finished it off together, "And it's warm and real and bright. And the world has somehow shifted. All at once everything is different. Now that I see you. Now that I see you." The crowd gave a loud round of applause and a whistle or two, as Lucy and Natsu came from behind the prop, dressed in their Rapunzel and Eugene clothes, Lucy was even barefoot to complete the effect, having add hair extensions so she could braid her hair and have it look as long as Rapunzel's.
"That was amazing you two, well done." Yajima said, while Ultear said "You picked a song that not only complimented you both, but gave you each a moment to shine." "It felt like we were watching a scene from the movie, well done." Toma added. Lucy and Natsu thanked them, before walking off as Jason this time pulled a pair of names out of the hat, "Bisca and Alzack, that means that Erik and Kinana will be going last." Bisca and Alzack's song ended up being Two Worlds and Erik and Kinana did a very convincing version of Trust in Me.
All contestants were called back on stage for the winners to be announced, while the ones whose names were not called would be going home tonight. "Natsu and Lucy will be moving on to the next round." Toma announced, the cheers filling the room. "Erik and Kinana will be moving on." Ultear stated, followed by more cheers. "Mira and Laxus will be moving on." Yajima declared, once again followed by more cheers, than a suspenseful silence filled the room, as Jason stepped forward with the last name that would be moving on. Both pairs nervously held their partners hands, before Jason said "And the final pair moving on is, Bisca and Alzack!" The crowd cheered, before the judges were given a chance to talk with the losing team.
"Jenny and Hibiki, you're chance of You've Got a Friend in Me, is what messed you up. You sounded wonderfully, but you weren't connecting with it like your fellow contestants did and it showed in some parts of the song and in your interactions with each other." Toma said, to which Jenny responded, "The song choice would be my fault, I love the song and went with it over my gut feeling to do the song that Hibiki suggested which was Can You Feel the Love Tonight." "That song probably would have served you better." Ultear said gently. "That's alright, we had fun away, thank you for the opportunity!" Hibiki said.
The judges nodded their welcomes as the pair walked off stage to a round of applause before Jason stepped forward and said "Next week we'll be back with the oldies night! See you all then!" All the duos waved until the off the air light came on, than they made their way to their dressing rooms, most deciding to take off their costumes. However, Lucy said to Natsu, "Let's go out like this, if we run into some fans they will probably be thrilled to see us still in costume."
Natsu agreed and added, "Although let's not order anything to eat it will probably get cold." Lucy laughed and agreed, so they went into their rooms and grabbed their bags with their other clothes in them and headed to entrance and then Natsu's car. No sooner had they left the gates and they were swarmed by fans. They spent the next hour taking pictures and signing autographs. Finally the crowd of fans dissipated, with only a few stragglers running up to them here and there as they made the rest of their way to the car.
"Phew." Lucy exclaimed as she collapsed in the passenger seat and said "That was fun, but man am I beat." Natsu chuckled and agreed, before saying "Let's go to my place and see if the folks have dinner still available, I know your dad is working late tonight training Zeref. Besides you know they'll want to watch the show with us since they have it recording now too." Lucy chuckled and they drove off to do just that.
So I picked some of my favorite Disney songs for this one XD Lord knows that there were many more and I had trouble narrowing it down XD Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney movie/princess + prince pair, but I really felt that Natsu and Lucy fit better with the song I See the Light from Tangled for this storyline, so I went with it.
Also what do you think of Zeref, Natsu and Wendy's little brother Ronnie? Funny story I was actually trying to make sure people didn't think Grandeeney was pregnant in the last story when she wasn't feeling well, mainly because at the time I wasn't planning on her being so XD It's funny to me that I used what I didn't want to be read as such to explain Ronnie's existence XD I got his name from my favorite version of Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond, because I'm original like that :P
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